We've had threads talking about disapoinments for games and game systems. How about everything else? Accesories, add-on's, programs that are'nt games, etc.
Mine would have to be Bleem! for the PC, without a doubt. Did I get robbed on that.
Back when it came out, I read all the news about it and supported their fight aganist Sony. It seemed like what the people at Bleem was doing was fully legal. I had allready been in emulation for a few years and knew the emulator was legal as long as they reverse engineered it.....and the PlayStation had been on the market long enough that I was SURE it could be done. I got excited at the prospect of playing PlayStation games on my computer with better graphics, better load times, and save states. But my computer at the time was'nt that good, so I held off.
A few months later, Bleem had won the first court battles with Sony, they were releasing updates on a fairly regular basis, the plans and dreams they talked about in their press releases and on their boards were encourging and hopefull.....and then I got a new computer. Confident of my ability to run Bleem! now, I went out and paid $40 for it. After all, I wanted to help support Bleem to improve their emulator.
What a freakin disapoinment. Out of the dozen or so games I tried on it, only about two worked properly. And they were slow without any graphic improvement at all. Mind you, my new system exceeded the specs that Bleem said that I should have. And these were games that according to their lists and site SHOULD work properly with some nice upgrades. (I recall the games that did work being Metal Gear Solid and Mega Man Legends)
Still, the boards were active, so was the company, and I patiently waited for another update......which never came. About six months after I got Bleem I finally got fed up and traded it to someone. Soon after that, it was offiicaly announced that there would be no more work on their PC emulator. Glad I got rid of it before it became a paperweight.
To this day I have yet to try any other PlayStation emulators, I was so disgusted by the whole experience and wasting money.
I wonder what ever happened to Bleem, the people, and the product rights anyway?
So, what are yours?